I got a notification on my phone late last night that President Barack Obama was to give an unexpected address. My thoughts were pretty much "Good for him. I hope the media will update me later with the gist of it."
Well, they did. I received a notification that informed me simply that Bin Laden was dead. I didn't pay too much attention last night; I was already sleepy. My thoughts were along the lines of "I wonder if he ever got any sort of trial?" "Was he in a cave somewhere?" "Did they use drones or fancy stuff like that?" ""Was there collateral damage?" "I bet people are out celebrating. I wonder if the whole 'power-vacuum' thing has occurred to them yet." I figured I'd hear plenty of it the next day.
I was correct. It was all over school, and for some reason no joke was 'too soon'. I got home, messed around on the computer for a while, then came out into the living room in time to catch the tail end of the local news as I poured myself some chocolate milk. I decided to sit down and watch national news. Why not?
Well, I still don't know if Bin Laden's wife is okay, or if any of the Navy SEALs were injured, or what happened to the several children the found in the compound. Or if anyone was injured in the revelry last night. Or what impact his might have on islamophobic hate crime. But I've heard from Rudy Giuliani and several first responders on September 11, 2001. The footage of the attacks on the towers nearly made me cry. But I'm still a bit irritated that I have so many unanswered questions.
I guess I'll buy the memoir of one of the Pentagon officials involved when it hits the NYT bestseller list in a few months.
Well, they did. I received a notification that informed me simply that Bin Laden was dead. I didn't pay too much attention last night; I was already sleepy. My thoughts were along the lines of "I wonder if he ever got any sort of trial?" "Was he in a cave somewhere?" "Did they use drones or fancy stuff like that?" ""Was there collateral damage?" "I bet people are out celebrating. I wonder if the whole 'power-vacuum' thing has occurred to them yet." I figured I'd hear plenty of it the next day.
I was correct. It was all over school, and for some reason no joke was 'too soon'. I got home, messed around on the computer for a while, then came out into the living room in time to catch the tail end of the local news as I poured myself some chocolate milk. I decided to sit down and watch national news. Why not?
Well, I still don't know if Bin Laden's wife is okay, or if any of the Navy SEALs were injured, or what happened to the several children the found in the compound. Or if anyone was injured in the revelry last night. Or what impact his might have on islamophobic hate crime. But I've heard from Rudy Giuliani and several first responders on September 11, 2001. The footage of the attacks on the towers nearly made me cry. But I'm still a bit irritated that I have so many unanswered questions.
I guess I'll buy the memoir of one of the Pentagon officials involved when it hits the NYT bestseller list in a few months.
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